The more you study K-12, the more you will be astonished at the control that our Education Establishment has on every aspect of our society.

 Here is his weird injurious method, analyzed and explained in dozens of books, but kept perpetually in place by the interlocking powers-that-be. I've started to think the correct name is The Illiteracy Matrix.

 in any event, children are subjected to instruction that does not work. Typically the children have a lot of problems, they lose self-esteem, they are diagnosed with dyslexia, there are put on Ritalin, they give up on school.

All of this goes on in full view of the public. Children in first grade take home lists of sight-words to be memorized. That tells you the school has lost its way. Below is a typical example from North Carolina.

K-12: Sight-Words are Hoax Words  ///     essential information for elementary schools

 The linked article explains, once again, why a sight-word is not a real thing, not a helpful thing, not a way to learn to read.  http://canadafreepress.com/article/k-12-sight-words-are-hoax-words

 Now, the whole teaching of reading is a confused mess. The professors had to retreat a little here, recoup territory elsewhere. Everybody in education should take 10 or 15 minutes to understand why sight-words have always been a hoax.

FYI:: Saving K-12, due Nov. 17. For more info, see Lit4u.com